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India-Maldives relations
![Maldives’ Presidential Election Was Not a Referendum on India or China Maldives’ Presidential Election Was Not a Referendum on India or China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-10-11-204142.jpg)
Maldives’ Presidential Election Was Not a Referendum on India or China
By Mimrah Abdul Ghafoor
Local political maneuvering and pressing domestic issues – not geopolitics – drove most Maldivians’ voting decisions.
![India-China Contest Looms Over Maldives’ Presidential Elections India-China Contest Looms Over Maldives’ Presidential Elections](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-08-23-035126.jpg)
India-China Contest Looms Over Maldives’ Presidential Elections
By Mimrah Abdul Ghafoor
While Muizzu's victory could see a tilt toward China in the archipelago’s foreign policy, India and its Quad partners will cheer President Solih’s re-election.
![Bringing the India-US Partnership to Third Countries Bringing the India-US Partnership to Third Countries](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-21-132535.jpg)
Bringing the India-US Partnership to Third Countries
By Radhey Tambi
New Delhi and Washington can supercharge their partnership by coordinating efforts in third countries, especially island nations like Maldives.
![India Can’t Afford to Lose Maldives Again India Can’t Afford to Lose Maldives Again](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-26-1.jpg)
India Can’t Afford to Lose Maldives Again
By Radhey Tambi
A recent visit by India’s defense minister was just the latest in a surge of outreach toward Maldives as its election nears.
![Indian Defense Minister Visits Maldives Indian Defense Minister Visits Maldives](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-02-172227.jpg)
Indian Defense Minister Visits Maldives
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The Maldives has remained one of India’s key maritime partners in the Indian Ocean neighborhood.
![China-India Choice Splits Maldives Presidential Politics China-India Choice Splits Maldives Presidential Politics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-24-183221.jpg)
China-India Choice Splits Maldives Presidential Politics
By Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury
As Maldives looks to parliamentary and presidential elections in September 2023, the China-India choice maps neatly on to domestic political divides.
![Maldives’ 2023 Election Will Shape Indian Ocean Geopolitics Maldives’ 2023 Election Will Shape Indian Ocean Geopolitics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-22-154811.jpg)
Maldives’ 2023 Election Will Shape Indian Ocean Geopolitics
By Mimrah Ghafoor
Both China and India have a stake in the drama surrounding the Maldives' upcoming presidential election.
![Decree Banning ‘India Out’ Campaign in Maldives Fuels Protests Decree Banning ‘India Out’ Campaign in Maldives Fuels Protests](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-11-125223.jpg)
Decree Banning ‘India Out’ Campaign in Maldives Fuels Protests
By Sudha Ramachandran
President Solih is up against opposition parties as well as rivals within the ruling MDP.
![India-Maldives Ties Caught in Archipelago’s Domestic Politics India-Maldives Ties Caught in Archipelago’s Domestic Politics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-23-141906.jpg)
India-Maldives Ties Caught in Archipelago’s Domestic Politics
By Sudha Ramachandran
With a proposed law to criminalize the “India Out” campaign being put in cold storage, anti-India protests will continue.
![The China-India Cold War in Maldives The China-India Cold War in Maldives](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-01-19-071234.jpg)
The China-India Cold War in Maldives
By Rangoli Mitra
Beijing and New Delhi's jostling for influence in Maldives cannot be separated from the island nation's domestic political wrangling.
![Sino-Indian Competition in South Asia: Another Round Sino-Indian Competition in South Asia: Another Round](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-02-181145.jpg)
Sino-Indian Competition in South Asia: Another Round
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
In the ongoing contest between China and India for influence, New Delhi has made some gains in the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
![The Maldives’ ‘India Out’ Campaign The Maldives’ ‘India Out’ Campaign](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-26-1.jpg)
The Maldives’ ‘India Out’ Campaign
By Balachander Palanisamy
The Maldives has begun to realize a mutually beneficial relationship with India, and the Solih government means to maintain it despite a growing rhetoric stirring anti-India sentiments.